The Lagrangian spectral relaxation model of the scalar dissipation in homogeneous turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2364-2386

  Fox, R O ^a,b  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ET INSA DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGIAN SPECTRAL RELAXATION MODEL;

TURBULENT FLOW;

DISSIPATION; MODELING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031202565     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869357     Document Type: Article

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